Nancy DePodesta says, in her view, Douglas DePodesta was forced out based on what appear to be utterly false rumors spread by the U.S. attorney
Nancy DePodestaSister-in-law of Douglas DePodesta and lawyer for Broadview Six defendant Michael Rabbitt, in a statement reported by the Chicago Sun-Times
Nancy DePodesta calls it heartbreaking and shameful that Douglas DePodesta was forced out of his FBI position based on what she says appear to be utterly false rumors spread by the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
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U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros falsely told his Justice Department superiors that Douglas DePodesta and his sister-in-law, defense lawyer Nancy DePodesta, conspired to destroy the Broadview Six case, and the pressure Boutros created led FBI leaders to order DePodesta to resign.
“It is both heartbreaking and shameful that he was forced out of his position based on what appear to be utterly false rumors spread by the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois”
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Former Chicago FBI chief Douglas DePodesta sues U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, alleging he was blamed for the Broadview Six collapse; judge orders Boutros to testify
Former FBI Chicago chief Douglas DePodesta alleges U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros falsely blamed him for the collapse of the Broadview Six prosecution, forcing him out. The same day, Judge April Perry ordered Boutros to testify about his statements to her court.
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Chicago Sun-Times report on DePodesta's lawsuit and Judge April Perry's order the same day. It quotes a statement from Nancy DePodesta and an interview with Douglas DePodesta, and reports that Boutros did not comment and the Justice Department did not respond.
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The Chicago Sun-Times reports a statement from Nancy DePodesta, Douglas DePodesta's sister-in-law. In it she says there is no one at the FBI who took their oath of office and their ethical and moral responsibilities more seriously than Doug.
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The Sun-Times attributes the statement to Nancy DePodesta, a former federal prosecutor in Chicago, and then notes that Boutros's office charged 33 known defendants tied to Operation Midway Blitz, most of whose charges have been dropped.
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The reference point is Andrew Boutros's conduct in the Broadview Six prosecution and its aftermath, including his office's accounts of it to the court and DePodesta's allegation that Boutros blamed him for the case's collapse. Her statement criticizes the forced departure as heartbreaking and shameful and attributes it to false rumors spread by the U.S. attorney.
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Read the full caseJudge April Perry calls Boutros's statements to the court about the grand jury transcript hard to credit
“The idea that USA Boutros would have made such a significant decision without reviewing the best evidence available to him about what went wrong in the grand jury is nearly unfathomable.”Read statement
Douglas DePodesta, in his lawsuit, says Boutros began a campaign inside the Justice Department to blame him for the Broadview Six collapse
“To deflect attention from his own malfeasance, Boutros began a campaign within the Department of Justice to blame DePodesta for the unraveling of the case.”Read statement
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois tells the court that, apart from local FBI investigators, it had no outside communications about Broadview Six charging decisions
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois
“Considerations such as defendants' political affiliations, activities, views, or positions were not considered in any way as part of the investigation or charging decisions. Accordingly, there are no communications of any nature from, to, or with anyone outside the USAO (other than the local FBI investigators assigned to the case) regarding any investigatory or charging decisions.”Read statement
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